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Why does
select avg(cast(5 as numeric(15,2)))
returns “Arithmetic overflow error converting numeric to data type numeric.”?
Documentation states the following about the avg function:
input: decimal category (p, s)
output: decimal(38, s) divided by
decimal(10, 0)
I don’t really see how it would overflow.
Found out the problem:
Database Properties > Options > Numeric Round-Abort was ON.
When set to off the query executed with success.